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Staten Island Amazon Workers Begin Union Drive, Drawing Lessons From Bessemer
Amazon workers at the “JFK8” warehouse say they’ve learned hard lessons from Bessemer for their independent union drive.
Union Calls Foul Play as Amazon Unionization Vote Fails
Emails show that Amazon pressured USPS to install a mailbox on warehouse grounds for dropping off ballots.
Cops Hired by Amazon Are Intimidating Workers and Supporters of the Union Drive
The police chief of Bessemer, Alabama, says off-duty cops have been hired by Amazon as “security” for the facility.
Internal Documents Show Amazon Knows Its Drivers Urinate, Defecate in Trucks
Amazon said its drivers were lying about urinating in bottles on shift, but documents show it is aware of the practice.
Bernie Sanders Is Heading to Bessemer During Last Days of Amazon Union Vote
If the workers successfully unionize, Sanders has said it would be a “shot heard around the world.”
Amazon Is Hiring Aggressive Firms to Bust Union Efforts
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos declined Bernie Sanders’s invitation to a Senate Budget Committee hearing on inequality today.
Amazon Is Paying Consultants Nearly $10,000 a Day to Obstruct Union Drive
As workers in Alabama organize, the company’s tactics underscore the need for the Protecting the Right to Organize Act.
Amazon Is Fighting Hard to Stop Its Warehouse Workers From Unionizing
Amazon's union-busting tactics prompted 50 members of Congress to send the company a warning letter.
Workers’ Health Data Collected for COVID Safety Poses Risk to Labor Rights
Many of these technologies pose severe threats to workers' privacy and other fundamental rights.
Facebook and Its Big Tech Cronies Are Upgrading Their Anti-Union Tools
Facebook is the latest big tech company to join Google and Amazon in creating spyware to snoop on employee organizing.